单词 | inarticulate |
释义 | inarticulate —inarticulately, adv. —inarticulateness, n. /in'ahr tik"yeuh lit/, adj. 1. lacking the ability to express oneself, esp. in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker. 2. unable to use articulate speech: inarticulate with rage. 3. not articulate; not uttered or emitted with expressive or intelligible modulations: His mouth stuffed, he could utter only inarticulate sounds. 4. not fully expressed or expressible: a voice choked with inarticulate agony. 5. Anat. , Zool. not jointed; having no articulation or joint. [1595-1605; < LL inarticulatus. See IN-3, ARTICULATE] Syn. 2. mute, dumb. |
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